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| Green Heron, Whitesbog |
Yesterday and today I saw the superintendent of Whitesbog who does us the favor drawing down the water and he asked me how it looked. I told him it was very good already and we talked about how much water he'd let out and when. I told him it was good to have some pools of water for the rare birds like phalaropes. He's not sure what a phalarope is, but he agreed to keep the water at a level where some pools remain. Imagine having that conversation at Brig!
July started out fine for me with a White Ibis & a Royal Tern in Waretown, while Whitesbog and Brig provided the other 5 new species for the year.
One disappointment this month: our Whippoorwill has ceased to sing. Last year at the end of July we were away out west and didn't hear it in August, but this year I haven't heard the bird since the 15th. Previously I'd hear one singing, intermittently up through the early part of September. I don't know why; maybe they're getting lucky the last couple of years.
For the month I listed 128 species, a much lower number than usual, which is the story of the year. Next year, I hope I'll be able to pad my lists.
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| Common Tern, Brig |
Counties birded: Atlantic, Burlington, Monmouth, Ocean
| Species First Sighting | ||
| Canada Goose Assunpink WMA | ||
| Mute Swan Waretown | ||
| Wood Duck Whitesbog | ||
| Mallard Manahawkin WMA | ||
| American Black Duck Manahawkin WMA | ||
| Wild Turkey 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| Rock Pigeon Great Bay Bvld. WMA | ||
| Mourning Dove 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo Whitesbog | ||
| Common Nighthawk Whitesbog | ||
| Eastern Whip-poor-will 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird Eno's Pond | ||
| Clapper Rail Manahawkin WMA | ||
| Virginia Rail Reeves Bogs | ||
| American Avocet Brig | ||
| American Oystercatcher Waretown | ||
| Black-bellied Plover Brig | ||
| Semipalmated Plover Brig | ||
| Piping Plover Island Beach SP | ||
| Killdeer Waretown | ||
| Whimbrel Brig | ||
| Ruddy Turnstone Brig | ||
| Stilt Sandpiper Brig | ||
| Least Sandpiper Brig | ||
| White-rumped Sandpiper Brig | ||
| Pectoral Sandpiper Brig | ||
| Semipalmated Sandpiper Brig | ||
| Western Sandpiper Brig | ||
| Short-billed Dowitcher Brig | ||
| Long-billed Dowitcher Brig | ||
| Spotted Sandpiper Brig | ||
| Solitary Sandpiper Whitesbog | ||
| Greater Yellowlegs Brig | ||
| Willet Waretown | ||
| Lesser Yellowlegs Brig | ||
| Laughing Gull Waretown | ||
| Ring-billed Gull Brig | ||
| Herring Gull Waretown | ||
| Lesser Black-backed Gull Island Beach SP | ||
| Great Black-backed Gull Waretown | ||
| Least Tern Brig | ||
| Gull-billed Tern Brig | ||
| Caspian Tern Brig | ||
| Black Tern Brig | ||
| Common Tern Island Beach SP | ||
| Forster's Tern Manahawkin WMA | ||
| Royal Tern Waretown | ||
| Black Skimmer Brig | ||
| Double-crested Cormorant Waretown | ||
| Least Bittern Brig | ||
| Great Blue Heron Waretown | ||
| Great Egret Waretown | ||
| Snowy Egret Waretown | ||
| Little Blue Heron Island Beach SP | ||
| Tricolored Heron Waretown | ||
| Green Heron Reeves Bogs | ||
| Black-crowned Night-Heron Brig | ||
| Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Brig | ||
| White Ibis Waretown | ||
| Glossy Ibis Manahawkin WMA | ||
| Turkey Vulture Assunpink WMA | ||
| Osprey Waretown | ||
| Cooper's Hawk Reeves Bogs | ||
| Bald Eagle Brig | ||
| Red-tailed Hawk Assunpink WMA | ||
| Belted Kingfisher Franklin Parker Preserve | ||
| Red-headed Woodpecker Colliers Mills WMA | ||
| Red-bellied Woodpecker Meadow View Ln | ||
| Downy Woodpecker 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| Hairy Woodpecker Whitesbog | ||
| Northern Flicker Whitesbog | ||
| Eastern Wood-Pewee Whitesbog | ||
| Willow Flycatcher Brig | ||
| Eastern Phoebe Whitesbog | ||
| Great Crested Flycatcher Assunpink WMA | ||
| Eastern Kingbird Whitesbog | ||
| White-eyed Vireo Assunpink WMA | ||
| Warbling Vireo Assunpink WMA | ||
| Red-eyed Vireo Assunpink WMA | ||
| Blue Jay 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| American Crow Eno's Pond | ||
| Fish Crow 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| Common Raven Colliers Mills WMA | ||
| Carolina Chickadee 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| Tufted Titmouse Eno's Pond | ||
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow Colliers Mills | ||
| Purple Martin Brig | ||
| Tree Swallow Eno's Pond | ||
| Barn Swallow Waretown | ||
| White-breasted Nuthatch Whitesbog | ||
| Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Whitesbog | ||
| House Wren Eno's Pond | ||
| Marsh Wren Eno's Pond | ||
| Carolina Wren 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| European Starling Waretown | ||
| Gray Catbird Eno's Pond | ||
| Brown Thrasher Whitesbog | ||
| Northern Mockingbird Waretown | ||
| Eastern Bluebird Whitesbog | ||
| Wood Thrush Assunpink WMA | ||
| American Robin Eno's Pond | ||
| Cedar Waxwing Assunpink WMA | ||
| House Sparrow Waretown | ||
| House Finch 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| American Goldfinch 35 Sunset Rd | ||
| Grasshopper Sparrow Assunpink WMA | ||
| Chipping Sparrow Eno's Pond | ||
| Field Sparrow Assunpink WMA | ||
| Seaside Sparrow Manahawkin WMA | ||
| Saltmarsh Sparrow Manahawkin WMA | ||
| Song Sparrow Waretown | ||
| Swamp Sparrow Whitesbog | ||
| Eastern Towhee Whitesbog | ||
| Yellow-breasted Chat Assunpink WMA | ||
| Orchard Oriole Assunpink WMA | ||
| Red-winged Blackbird Waretown | ||
| Brown-headed Cowbird Assunpink WMA | ||
| Common Grackle Whitesbog | ||
| Boat-tailed Grackle Waretown | ||
| Ovenbird Eno's Pond | ||
| Black-and-white Warbler Whitesbog | ||
| Common Yellowthroat Waretown | ||
| Yellow Warbler Whitesbog | ||
| Pine Warbler Whitesbog | ||
| Prairie Warbler Whitesbog | ||
| Northern Cardinal Crestwood Village | ||
| Blue Grosbeak Colliers Mills WMA | ||
Indigo Bunting Assunpink WMA
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